Significance Area

Explanation

Cultural Preservation & Revival

• Serves as a living platform to preserve and showcase Naga tribal traditions, folklore, music, crafts, and collective memory.
• Becomes especially important in 2025 amid rapid globalization and cultural homogenization.
• Helps transmit indigenous knowledge systems to younger generations and global audiences.

Tourism & Economic Impact

• The international participation expected to boost domestic and foreign tourist inflow.
• Generates local employment for artisans, musicians, homestays, transport operators, vendors, and cultural performers.
• Contributes to sustainable economic development in the Northeast, a region historically outside mainstream tourism circuits.

Cultural Diplomacy & Soft Power

• Acts as a cultural diplomacy platform by hosting foreign “country partners.”
• Enhances India’s soft power by showcasing rich tribal cultures, pluralism, and indigenous traditions.
• Fosters global understanding and intercultural exchange.

Inter-Community Unity & National Integration

• All Naga tribes participate collectively, strengthening social cohesion and unity in diversity.
• Encourages dialogue and solidarity among different ethnic groups.
• Promotes national integration while respecting cultural autonomy.

Promotion of Identity, Heritage & Tribal Rights

• Provides visibility and recognition to marginalized tribal communities.
• Helps preserve intangible heritage and oral traditions.
• Reinforces respect for tribal identity, history, and rights in national development discourse.